Pierre Corneille
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Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
Detail from a portrait by Charles Le Brun
Coat of arms of the Corneille family, which dates back to 1637
Home of the Corneille family in Rouen, where Corneille was born. It was turned into a museum dedicated to his work in 1920.
Corneille at the Louvre
Jean Racine
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Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi
Pierre Corneille
…1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later…
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Santerre
Jean Racine
Jean Racine on the 1989 USSR commemorative stamp